The students at Stoddert attend the nearby Fillmore Art Center (FAC) for arts education once per week. Fillmore Art Center is a dedicated arts instruction center for D.C. public school students. Each student from Stoddert spends a half day at Fillmore taking two hour-long classes.

Students in Pre-K through grade 2 attend Fillmore in the morning and rotate through visual arts, music, dance and drama throughout the year. Students in grades 3-5 attend Fillmore in the afternoon and choose classes from a wide variety of art areas including drama, dance, band, strings, guitar, ukulele, digital arts, ceramics, drawing and painting, musical theater and interrelated arts.

Fillmore hosts several events throughout the year for parents to visit the center and learn more about their child’s art education, including Back To School night, open houses, performances and concerts. Please visit the calendar for more information on these upcoming events.

The Fillmore Arts Center is a DCPS program funded by the public school system that is unique in that it serves children from several DCPS schools. The Friends of Fillmore (FOF) is a parent-run 501c3 organization that fundraises for Fillmore Art Center and supports the teachers and the mission of the Fillmore program.

For more information about Fillmore or to donate, please visit their website.